The Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ young people, released Learn with Love, a documentary short film elevating the stories of three transgender young people and their relationships with the people who love them. The documentary is part of The Trevor Project’s enduring advocacy initiative to cultivate public awareness and acceptance of transgender...
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In this Lawyers for Learners webinar Mitch, a clinical law professor and the director of the Economic Justice Institute at the University of Wisconsin Law School, covers the basics of how to: • Get maintenance issues fixed. • Get your security deposit back. • Avoid forced eviction. The viewing will be streamed using Facebook Live on...
Discover the significance and history of Juneteenth and why it's the newest federal holiday in the U.S. Attend in-person in WB Room L-155 or virtually on Teams.
Sharing Space, a new roundtable series featuring conversations with LGBTQ young people, provides a much-needed platform for young trans and nonbinary voices to share about their personal journeys and explore what genuine allyship looks like among curious, open-minded adults and allies. The first episode of “Sharing Space” features six trans and nonbinary young people who...
Learn and discuss how we can build an inclusive space for our LGBTQIA+ community at MPTC. We'll dive into our language, practices, and aspirations to ensure all people are able...
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"Diversity Works" is an interactive exploration into diversity awareness, creating opportunities for real conversations that matter. The workshop includes a variety of types of learning, interaction, and technology, with activity stations set up for participants to decide which learning activities they'd like to participate in. After completing the station activities, the group will participate in...
The bootstrap narrative is essentially the belief that a person in the United States who works hard, assumes personal responsibility and maintains a strong moral center can accomplish anything. Unfortunately, for many students from low-income families, this narrative does not reflect their experiences at institutions of higher education. Many intelligent and hardworking low-income students struggle...
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Finding the right terminology to talk about this demographic is a complicated process. Parenting students are a diverse bunch, and their experiences can vary widely depending on other identities they hold. The complexity of the language teaches us a lesson about the complexity of student parents as a whole: They are not a monolithic group....
